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Talk-in-the-Box Series
Continue the dialogue!
Join renowned scientists and artists in a conversation about
the World Premiere of From Orchids To Octopi.
All events are free with the purchase of a ticket to the production.
Pre-Performance Symposia begin at 7:00pm
Post-Performance Talkbacks begin directly following the production
DATE |
PROGRAM |
GUEST |
| Wed, 3/31 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback Meet the Playwright and Cast |
Melinda Lopez Playwright |
| Thu, 4/1 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback Harvard Night |
Jonathan Losos Prof. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard; Curator of Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology |
| Fri, 4/2 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Andrew Berry Lecturer, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard; Associate of Population Genetics, Museum of Comparative Zoology |
| Sat, 4/3 8:00pm |
Pre-Performance Symposium What Darwin Got Wrong: How have our views on evolution changed since Darwin first proposed his theory? |
Christopher Marx Asst. Prof. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard David Sloane Wilson Author of Evolution for Everyone; Prof. of Biology & Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton |
| Sat, 4/3 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Reception Saturday Soiree |
Catered by The Middle East |
| Sun, 4/4 2:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | David Sloane Wilson Author of Evolution for Everyone; Prof. of Biology & Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton |
| Wed, 4/7 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Richard Wrangham Author of How Cooking Made Us Human; Ruth Moore Prof. of Biological Anthropology, Harvard |
| Thu, 4/8 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback Meet the Director and Cast |
Diego Arciniegas Director |
| Fri, 4/9 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback PLAY it Forward |
Debra Wise, Artistic Director, Underground Railway Theater Catherine Carr Kelly, Executive Director, Central Square Theater |
| Sat, 4/10 8:00pm |
Pre-Performance Symposium Resistance to Darwin: How do we explain and respond to denials in history and science? |
Joseph Levine Co-author of Miller & Levine Biology; Science educator & consultant John Durant Director, MIT Museum |
| Sun, 4/11 2:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Eric Lander Director, The Broad Institute; Prof. of Biology, MIT; Co-Chair, Pres. Obama's Advisory Council on Science & Technology |
| Thu, 4/15 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback MIT Night |
Thomas Levenson Director, Graduate Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies, MIT |
| Sat, 4/17 8:00pm |
Pre-Performance Symposium Evolution and Disease: Why would Darwin be a microbiologist if he were alive today? |
Jonathan King Prof. of Biology, MIT; Chair, Massachusetts Darwin Bicentennial Project Hidde Ploegh Prof. of Biology, MIT; Member, Whitehead Institute |
| Sat, 4/17 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | David Wise Prof. of Ecology & Evolution; Assoc. Director, Institute for Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Sun, 4/18 2:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Pardis Sabeti Asst. Prof. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard |
| Thu, 4/22 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback Meet the Muralist and Cast |
David Fichter Muralist |
| Fri, 4/23 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Marc Lipstich Prof. of Epidemiology, Harvard |
| Sat, 4/24 8:00pm |
Pre-Performance Symposium Missing Links: We know a lot about species throughout history. What came between them? |
Hopi Hoekstra John L. Loeb Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology; Harvard Curator of Mammals, Museum of Comparitave Zoology |
| Sat, 4/24 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback Meet the Composer and Cast |
Bill Barclay Composer |
| Sun, 4/25 2:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | David Jones Assoc. Prof. of the Program in Science, Technology & Society, MIT |
| Thu, 4/29 7:30pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Joseph Levine Co-author of Miller & Levine Biology; Science educator & consultant |
| Fri, 4/30 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Natalie Kuldell Instructor, Biological Engineering, MIT |
| Sat, 5/1 8:00pm |
Pre-Performance Symposium Society and Sex: How do sex, reproduction and relationships impact evolution? |
Linda Ellison Lecturer, Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard Zarin Machanda Lecturer, Human Evolutionary Biology & Anthropology, Harvard |
| Sat, 5/1 8:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Richard Lewontin Prof. Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, Harvard |
| Sun, 5/2 2:00pm |
Post-Performance Talkback | Nancy Hopkins Prof. of Biology, MIT; Amgen, Inc. |
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